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Alice Austen’s Larky Life
Austen’s trajectory, like that of many artists in New York, finally hinged on the vicissitudes of real estate. At Clear Comfort, she built…
Swedan Margen
Swedan Margen contributes to L'Officiel Lifestyle with a focus on business and entrepreneurship.
Swedan covers business developments, emerging companies, entrepreneurial stories, and trends influencing industries and the broader economy.
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A Holiday Gift Guide: Presents to Thank Your Host
For the pet-lover who hates taking care of pets: a self-sufficient ecosystem containing two or three miniature unneedy shrimp that can…
Politics
Does MAGA Have Ideas?
Political life is inevitably disappointing, because all political movements contain contradictions. Democrats consider themselves…
Business
BofA Tower gets Chicago’s biggest mortgage bond deal since Covid
A mortgage loan for Chicago’s Bank of America (BOA) Tower is being refinanced with US$700 million in bonds, a rare bright spot for the…
Business
TPG, Warburg weigh US$500 million stake in India-rooted Sirion
TPG Capital and Warburg Pincus are in early talks to buy a stake in Sirion Labs, a Partners Group Holding-backed software business…
Politics
Judge in Google ad tech case seeks quick fix for web giant's monopolies
The US judge considering whether to order a breakup of Google’s advertising technology business asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) on…
Politics
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is resigning from Congress, says: 'Loyalty should be a two-way street'
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has since become a critic, said Friday that she will…
Politics
Texas asks Supreme Court to allow use of new GOP-friendly map
Texas dropped a major new voting-rights issue on the Supreme Court's doorstep Friday with an emergency request asking the justices to let…
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Exxon freezes plans for major hydrogen plant amid weak customer demand
Exxon Mobil has paused plans to build what would be one of the world’s largest hydrogen production facilities due to weak customer demand,…
Politics
Oil prices settle down at lowest in a month as US seeks Russia-Ukraine peace deal
Oil prices eased about 1 per cent on Friday (Nov 21) to settle at one-month lows as the US pushed for a Russia-Ukraine peace deal that…
Business
European shares log a weekly decline, defence stocks slide
European shares slid on Friday (Nov 21) and registered a weekly decline as concerns over stretched tech valuations came to the fore again,…
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“Two People Exchanging Saliva” Rewrites the Slap in Cinema
One of the promotional images for the film “Two People Exchanging Saliva” is a black-and-white closeup of a woman, her face bruised, her…
Politics
The Terms of Ukraine’s Defeat, and Ours
If adopted, the proposed peace plan would yield a victory to Moscow greater than the one it set out to achieve on the battlefield. Source…
Politics
The Ukrainians Have Room to Maneuver in Peace Deal Proposal
The plan on offer is better than originally reported. Ukraine should work to make the Russians say no. Source link
Business
US: Wall St opens higher as December rate cut bets strengthen
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (Nov 21) as traders raised bets on an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve in…
Politics
Nearly 800 air traffic controllers, technicians to get $10k bonus for perfect attendance in shutdown
Hundreds of air traffic controllers and technicians who had perfect attendance during the government shutdown will be awarded $10,000 for…
Politics
Going Nuclear
The Trump administration is right to make nuclear power part of the U.S. energy solution. Source link
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Dev Hynes Returns as Blood Orange
Also: the kamancheh playing of Kayhan Kalhor, Ethan Lipton’s surrealist “The Seat of Our Pants,” our writers’ holiday traditions, and…
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Is AI making some people delusional? Families and experts are worried
Generative artificial intelligence has quickly permeated much of what we do online, proving helpful for many. But for a small minority of…
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“Hamnet” Feels Elemental, but Is It Just Highly Effective Grief Porn?
Zhao’s first three features were steeped in documentary realism, shot with a sturdy, windswept lyricism and abounding in nonprofessional…
Business
Maybank Q3 profit up 3.3% at RM2.62 billion
Maybank’s net profit for the third quarter ended Sep 30 rose 3.3 per cent to RM2.62 billion (S$828 million), from RM2.54 billion in the…
Business
Salesforce says customer data possibly exposed following incident
The company is investigating “unusual activity” involving Gainsight-published applications Salesforce said on Thursday (Nov 20) that it is…
Politics
What to know about Trump's draft proposal to curtail state AI regulations
President Donald Trump is considering pressuring states to stop regulating artificial intelligence in a draft executive order obtained…
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“Wicked: For Good” Is Very, Very Bad
As part of an anti-Wicked Witch of the West smear campaign, Morrible tries to ensnare the loyalties of Elphaba’s closest ex-classmates:…